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ReviewPractical neurology2025

Reframing the clinical phenotype and management of cryptococcal meningitis.

Maria Francisca Rocha, Hamish D C Bain, Neil Stone, David Meya, Lucia Darie, Ahmed K Toma, Michael P T Lunn, Arpan R Mehta, Charles Coughlan

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Review in Practical neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Maria Francisca RochaNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Hamish D C BainNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Neil StoneHospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
David MeyaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Lucia DarieDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Ahmed K TomaDepartment of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Michael P T LunnNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3174-6027
Arpan R Mehta *National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK arpan.mehta@nhs.net charles.coughlan@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5715-5025
Charles Coughlan *National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK arpan.mehta@nhs.net charles.coughlan@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3907-3859

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis is an important global health problem, resulting from infection with the yeast

Indexed as

Disease ManagementMeningitis, CryptococcalAntifungal AgentsHIV InfectionsHumansPhenotypeAntifungal AgentsAIDSINFECTIOUS DISEASESNEUROSURGERYTROPICAL NEUROLOGY

Identifiers

PMID38997136
PMCPMC11877062

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